topic Re: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both? in Notebooks Archive (Read Only)https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085279#M127811
<P>hi im abit of a newbie at this. so just would like some clarification on this SSD your using does it fit into the slot shown in the attached pcle picture at the top of this thread by user fasst</P>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:39:41 GMTSaqman2014-09-12T11:39:41ZConfused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085271#M127803
<P>I've been looking for a SSD disk for the m.2 slot on this notebook but it is a bit confusing when I see the slot, with one knotc, &nbsp;that that I have learned is a PCIe slot.</P><P>"Regarding how to tell the difference between an M.2 SATA and M.2 PCIe drive, it all depends on the number of notches (keys) on the end of the drive (the end with the connector which goes into the M.2 socket)."<BR />"Drives with a single notch have a single 'M' key and are PCIe based, currently either x2 or x4 PCIe (like the Samsung XP941). Drives with two notches have an 'M' key and a 'B' key and are SATA based (like the MyDigitalSSD SC2)."</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Mydigitaldiscount.com sells the<FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><STRONG>&nbsp;MyDigitalSSD 128GB Super Cache 2 42mm SATA III 6G M.2 NGFF SSD&nbsp;</STRONG>and states it is compatible with the 840 G1. (Users also confims it)</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><A href="http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/m.2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-list.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/m.2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-list.html</A></FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">So what is this this slot on the 840?</FONT></P><P>See attached picture of the slot and the MyDigital SSD card.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And where is the HP/Intel product for this slot? I have read that Intel has released it but I can't find it, no product nbr. and nowhere to be found.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 03:18:43 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085271#M127803fasst2014-02-17T03:18:43ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085272#M127804
<P>I've tried to different m.2 NGFF SATA drives (64GB) without success on my HP Elitebook 840 G1. My plan was to have a second storage as real-time backup solution for existing "normal" 2.5 inch SSD.&nbsp;Has anybody a running NGFF SSD? Which one? Which BIOS version?</P>Sat, 24 May 2014 17:36:10 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085272#M127804Andreas862014-05-24T17:36:10ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085273#M127805
<P>Have you found what m.2 SSD works?</P><P>I want to get one , but so far I am confused too <IMG class="emoticon emoticon-smileysad" id="smileysad" src="http://h30581.www3.hp.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-sad.gif" alt=":smileysad:" title="Smiley Sad" /></P>Tue, 03 Jun 2014 18:17:40 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085273#M127805delian772014-06-03T18:17:40ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085274#M127806
<P>No I'm sorry. I still can't find any Intel version, as they announced a long time ago.</P>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 07:45:06 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085274#M127806fasst2014-06-04T07:45:06ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085275#M127807
<P>within next 2 weeks I will test 256GB Transcend M.2 SSD</P><P>TS256GMTS400</P>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:03:31 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085275#M127807bivoy2014-06-12T13:03:31ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085276#M127808
<P>So my 42mm M.2 &nbsp;256GB Transcend arrived yesterday, and it works ... But was not easy to make it work, forget plug and play, as BIOS is in UEFI mode with combination of Win 8.1, and fastboot bios skips detection of new devices.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>SO after installation there was no SSD visible in Windows, just my std 500GB HDD. Actually I do not know how I made it work, but I tried in BIOS :</P><P>turn of and on msata device&nbsp;</P><P>switch to RAID (then &nbsp;blue screen in Win ) and back</P><P>and then after reboot SSD appeared in Win device manager</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>now it time to move OS to it ....</P>Tue, 24 Jun 2014 06:30:19 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085276#M127808bivoy2014-06-24T06:30:19ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085277#M127809
<P>done, os migrated with paragon move to ssd, working fine</P><P><IMG alt="DSC_0041-013.jpg" src="http://h30434.www3.hp.com/legacyfs/online/46590iBDED8BEE01DBBD61/image-size/medium?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1&quot;" title="DSC_0041-013.jpg" border="0" align="center" /><IMG alt="DSC_0011-019.JPG" src="http://h30434.www3.hp.com/legacyfs/online/46592iBFE4657A9A14ABFF/image-size/small?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1&quot;" title="DSC_0011-019.JPG" border="0" align="center" /></P>Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:58:58 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085277#M127809bivoy2014-06-28T18:58:58ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085278#M127810
<P>bivoy, thanks for sharing your experience, it helped me in getting my M2 SSD working in HP Elitebook 840 G1. I use it as 2nd hard dsik (drive d: )</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>when i first plugged in the SSD (256GB ADATA&nbsp;<SPAN>Premier Pro SP900 M.2 2242) into the M2 slot , it did not show up in windows 8.1. I tried turing off mSATA in bios options, and also turned of AHCI and enabled RAID, just like you did. Rebooted the machine, which obviously did not boot into windows. I powered off, and changed the settings back to the way it was (turned ON the mSATA, and set it back to AHCI) then rebooted, now I see the 2nd hard disk !! </SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>some trick that is. it works any ways. hope it helps others googling for this.</SPAN></P>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:27:31 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085278#M127810anchor2014-08-25T23:27:31ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085279#M127811
<P>hi im abit of a newbie at this. so just would like some clarification on this SSD your using does it fit into the slot shown in the attached pcle picture at the top of this thread by user fasst</P>Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:39:41 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085279#M127811Saqman2014-09-12T11:39:41ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085280#M127812
<P>Thank you Bivoy and Anchor for the lead&nbsp;and share this very useful info. My ADATA M.2 2242 just arrived and installed running within 5mins. I wish&nbsp;HP would just do 512GB&nbsp;SSD and life would be much simpler.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>For those of people who&nbsp;is still confused with the different number of spaces between pins slot different to on&nbsp;the laptop elitebook 840. Dont worry it works.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Just buy the 2242 model e.g. ADATA. It will fit perfectly.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Follow instruction from Bivoy/Anchor.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Then&nbsp;go to disk management in windows&nbsp;and format it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Mon, 29 Sep 2014 06:38:36 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085280#M127812sirgap2014-09-29T06:38:36ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085281#M127813
<P>I was looking at the HP 840 G1, to see if it is capabale of running an M.2 SSD 2260.<BR /><BR />Before I buy this laptop, I would like to know, if it support M.2 2260 form factor, as there are 2 holes for the M.2 lock screw (one for 2242 and the other looks for 2260).<BR />I wonder if the spacer on 2242-edge can be moved into 2260-edge so I can install M.2 2260 SSD.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>See picture below, where you can see 2 holes (the screw is at the edge of 2242 M.2 in this picture)</P><P><A target="_blank" href="http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/HP/EliteBook_840_G1/36_ssd2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/HP/EliteBook_840_G1/36_ssd2.jpg</A></P>Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:36:11 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085281#M127813firnue2014-11-02T19:36:11ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085282#M127814
<P>I can't help but think this should be the easy bit, but -- once it's installed and Windows cloned onto it, how do I boot from the SSD? There isn't an obvious boot option in the BIOS unless I'm missing something obvious.</P>Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:20:08 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085282#M127814mlleangelique2014-11-11T23:20:08ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085283#M127815
<P>No wait, I updated the BIOS and now the m.2 is clearly listed as a boot option, but even when I prioritise it and deselect everything else it boots to C:. Whyyyyyy</P>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:37:18 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085283#M127815mlleangelique2014-11-12T08:37:18ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085284#M127816
<P>firnue (or anyone else for that matter)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Did you find out if a 2260 drive will fit? Can't find a 2242 drive with enough storage.&nbsp; Ideally I would like to have a ~500 GB drive but that only leaves 2280 drives which I am hesitant that they will fit.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:33:06 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085284#M127816Anders_02014-11-12T10:33:06ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085285#M127817
<P>The biggest 2260 out there till date is Transcend MTS600 512GB.</P><P><A target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-512-SATA-MTS600-TS512GMTS600/dp/B00KLTPWJE" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-512-SATA-MTS600-TS512GMTS600/dp/B00KLTPWJE</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I think 2280 is out of the question.</P><P>But I still hope 2260 will fit. Anyone care to try?</P><P>Please share your experience.</P>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:32:17 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085285#M127817firnue2014-11-12T20:32:17ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085286#M127818
<P>setting boot priority in BIOS is not enough, you have to also properly set WIn OS install &gt;&gt; mark active partitions etc ....</P><P>Or invest 20 USD for Paragon migrate to SSD for hassle free partition transfer as I did ....</P>Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:07:25 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085286#M127818bivoy2014-11-13T16:07:25ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085287#M127819
<P>Looking at bivoy picture above, the WWAN space is unoccupied,.<BR />With those "spacious" room, I now wonder if I can fit this adapter on those area.<BR /><BR />Pic:<BR /><A target="_blank" href="http://www.microsatacables.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/m/2/m2-mstadpt-ffc.png" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsatacables.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/m/2/m2-mstadpt-ffc.png</A><BR />Full Link:<BR /><A target="_blank" href="http://www.microsatacables.com/msata-ssd-to-m-2-ngff-adapter-card-with-ffc-cable" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsatacables.com/msata-ssd-to-m-2-ngff-adapter-card-with-ffc-cable</A><BR /><BR />If it could then we can fit 1TB of extra harddisk, by install a 1TB mSata, installed on the adapter above, then connect it into NGFF connector in HP 840.<BR />With another 2.5" 1TB, then we can equip the laptop with total of 2 TB harddisk.<BR /><BR />This would definitely have higher risk of not having enough space, and securing the adapter would be another challenge.<BR />Consider this option with your own risk. I'll see if it's possible once I got my unit.</P>Sat, 15 Nov 2014 02:34:57 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085287#M127819firnue2014-11-15T02:34:57ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085288#M127820
<P>Sorry a bit confused on this topic. &nbsp;Are most of the posters just trying to find a replacement drive in the m2 slot? &nbsp;I am trying to do the following as well and hoping someone can clarify with exact model numbers to purchase:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>1. Trying to replace main HDD that came with the 840 G1 with a SSD and I bought a Axiom not by choice but only one approved as standard at my company. &nbsp;If anyone has had success with a 240 - 500GB SSD in the 2.5 slot please list out your model.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>2. &nbsp;Also trying to maybe add an additional SSD in the m2 slot as well. &nbsp;Model numbers to purchase would help as well. &nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Also my question is can one ditch the OEM 2.5 HDD and just run the OS using the m2 SSD as the only drive or is it only able to be provisioned as a secondary drive?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks for all your input.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 19:18:14 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085288#M127820rickcab12014-12-03T19:18:14ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085289#M127821
Hello. Hopefully I can help make this easier for anybody as confused as I was, before finding this page. I have a HP Elitebook 840 G1 notebook. I wanted to add this<BR /><BR />I purchased the Transend 42mm M.2 SSD. The largest capacity available is 256GB. This is what others above recommended, and was the best price on Amazon.<BR /><BR />Remove the laptop cover plate and install in the slot as per the ssd card instructions in the box. Be sure to screw it down.<BR /><BR />The hard drive will not immediately recognize, but don't be alarmed.<BR /><BR />I downloaded Acronis True HD and used it to clone my complete drive. It did it's thing, and restarted. The system will automatically change drive letters to c,d and e. And make the ssd the boot drive. Very easy! I then wiped the hdd clean and formatted it to use as a data/backup drive.<BR /><BR />Hope this helps<BR />Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:45:25 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085289#M127821Amit19812014-12-21T19:45:25ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085290#M127822
<P>Hi!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Just to clear some things... I bought a m.2 (ngff) 2 mSATA Adapter with flat cable and it works perfect with a 500 gb Samsung 840 EVO mSATA.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It just cost about 19 Dollar... you can find it at a big online auction house: 321437786896</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It took about 18 days to Germany.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>b</P>Wed, 24 Dec 2014 02:31:01 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085290#M1278222014-12-24T02:31:01ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085291#M127823
<P>I've check the laptop in person, and it has not enough room to install 2260, as the screw-holder is soldered for 2242.<BR /><BR />I found a possible way of using mSata or M.2-2260/2280, but it's going to be a bit nasty. It is not a plug-and-play option.<BR />7mm drive must be used so there will be gap between the cover and the harddrive, and this is where the mSata or the longer M.2 disk will sit.<BR />Use any of these adapter that uses flex cable.<BR /><BR />• mSATA SSD to M.2(NGFF) B KEY SATA adapter card +cable<BR /><A href="http://eshop.sintech.cn/msata-ssd-to-m2ngff-b-key-sata-adapter-card-cable-p-1004.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://eshop.sintech.cn/msata-ssd-to-m2ngff-b-key-sata-adapter-card-cable-p-1004.html</A><BR /><BR />• extender board for M.2 (NGFF) SATA-SSD.<BR /><A href="http://www.hwtools.net/ExtenderBoard/P16S-P16F.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.hwtools.net/ExtenderBoard/P16S-P16F.html</A><BR /><BR />There's a consideration of signal quality going through this flex cable. But you'll never know until you try it.<BR /><BR />Update: Just saw brillon post about M.2-mSata with flex cable. How you manage to secure the mSata?<BR /><BR />This might void your warranty.<BR />Try this with your own risk... <IMG class="emoticon emoticon-smileywink" id="smileywink" src="http://h30581.www3.hp.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-wink.gif" alt=":smileywink:" title="Smiley Wink" /></P>Wed, 24 Dec 2014 22:57:50 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085291#M127823firnue2014-12-24T22:57:50ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085292#M127824
<P>Thanks firnue!!</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>---------------</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hi everyone,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I just finished my project on a EliteBook 850 G1 which only has a second ngff-slot for M.2 SSD-Drives.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I bought an adapter on e-ba...&nbsp; The Item Number is 321437786896&nbsp; and is called "Sintech mSATA 3 SSD to M.2(NGFF) B KEY SATA adapter card with 10/20CM FPC cable" - it is cheaper with shipping than buying it on their store-site.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>With this adapter I was able to put a bigger 500 GB mSATA drive to my 850 - 250GB was no option for me because I am syncing a lot of private data in my private cloud. The space to build the msata SSD in is very very low but I got it to work.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have a HP/Micron SSD 2,5" built in ssd drive with company Image (the SSD is lower than HDDs) - so I was able to put the msata adapter in. Ah and also I had to disassembled the screws etc - I fixed everything with TAPE because there is really no space.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Now I can press F9 and choose the company Image or my private image - both drives are encrypted and I disabled the drives in the devices list against each other.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If you need photos just ask <IMG class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" id="smileyhappy" src="http://h30581.www3.hp.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif" alt=":smileyhappy:" title="Smiley Happy" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Regards!</P>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:29:13 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085292#M1278242015-01-07T13:29:13ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085293#M127825
<P>Photos!! <IMG class="emoticon emoticon-smileyhappy" id="smileyhappy" src="http://h30581.www3.hp.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-happy.gif" alt=":smileyhappy:" title="Smiley Happy" /></P>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:39:27 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085293#M1278252015-01-07T13:39:27ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085294#M127826
<P><IMG width="640" src="http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150107/8fnhaqqh.jpg" alt="1" border="0" height="360" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><IMG width="270" src="http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150107/xp79h2yg.jpg" alt="2" border="0" height="480" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><IMG width="640" src="http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150107/r8tfytp6.jpg" alt="3" border="0" height="360" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><IMG width="640" src="http://fs2.directupload.net/images/150107/5ja3yuws.jpg" alt="4" border="0" height="360" /></P>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 13:43:43 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085294#M1278262015-01-07T13:43:43ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085295#M127827
<P>A picture is worth a thousand words</P><P>Thanks a bunch, brillon!...</P>Wed, 07 Jan 2015 22:09:31 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085295#M127827firnue2015-01-07T22:09:31ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085296#M127828
<P>So I just installed a Transcend MTS400, 256 GB M.2 drive and it installed and worked without any problems as the primary boot drive. &nbsp;This is with BIOS&nbsp;L71 Ver. 01.21 on the 840 G1.</P>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:33:49 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085296#M127828Red902015-01-09T20:33:49ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085297#M127829
<P>Is there anyway to utilise both m.2 slot as SSD?</P>Mon, 19 Jan 2015 05:19:47 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085297#M127829Fishdip2015-01-19T05:19:47ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085298#M127830
<P>can you please tell me how you get the service port open ?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have the same laptop and have realsed the catch at the top but it just not opening and there appears to be no screws that need undoing (unless I am totally missing them)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Help <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span></P>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:03:06 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085298#M127830scott7saunders2015-02-08T00:03:06ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085299#M127831
<P>Red90, are you saying that with updated bios, the m.2 SSD is recognized without all the confusing jumping through hoops experienced by others last year?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Also, can anyone confirm that the m.2 SSD can&nbsp;be used for storage,&nbsp; (I have been told that it can only be used as a boot drive for some reason).&nbsp;&nbsp; I already have the 180 GB SSD installed as main drive and see no need to clone to m.2.&nbsp; &nbsp;Would rather just use m.2 for storage and backup.</P>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 19:38:57 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085299#M127831napavalley2015-02-13T19:38:57ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085300#M127832
<P>To help out...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I used "<A target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KLTPUU0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1" rel="nofollow">Transcend 128 GB SATA III 6Gb/s MTS400 42 mm M.2 SSD Solid State Drive TS128GMTS400". </A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>It works great, the socket on the SSD module and the motherboard look different, but they still work just fine.&nbsp; The mother board looks to be two section key and the SSD looks like a 3 section key.&nbsp; The module I ordered did not have a screw with it and the mother board was missing the screw, but just above the M.2 slot there was a scew that was not used that I moved to that spot.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I did the same method as posted above, disable m.2 and swithc to raid, then boot and blue screen, then switch back.&nbsp; Go to diskmgmt and format.&nbsp; I installed Win10, changed Windows boot selection to automatically boot to WIN10 OS and diabled password requirement, it will go from power off to full windows enviorment, usually, in under 15 seconds.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>This was the first time I messed with that form factor, and it was difficult to find any infomation on it...&nbsp; Hope this helps a little.</P>Fri, 13 Mar 2015 01:03:05 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5085300#M127832MaxIT2015-03-13T01:03:05ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5122636#M127833
<P>I managed that Transcend 4260 cards is better that 4240...</P><P><A target="_blank" href="http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/transcend-announces-mts-series-m-2-ssds-512gb-capacity/">http://www.thessdreview.com/daily-news/latest-buzz/transcend-announces-mts-series-m-2-ssds-512gb-capacity/</A></P><P>So I request adapter that will allow me to try to install 60mm card to &nbsp;840 G1</P><P>It is m.2 to mSATA adapter&nbsp;<A target="_blank" href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/261939710793?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT">http://www.ebay.com/itm/261939710793?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT</A></P><P>I will try to use it as m.2 SSD before purchase 60mm card.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Plan:</P><P>remove crew hole from 40mm position and solder it to 60mm. Check with adapter instead of m.2 SSD.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>will keep you posted.</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:58:25 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5122636#M127833oppozith2015-06-24T09:58:25ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5322665#M127834
<P>@<A href="https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2484531" target="_self"><SPAN class="">MaxIT</SPAN></A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Hello i want to put the same Transcend as you have in my 840G2 in the SSD Slot (not the WWAN)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You write "<SPAN>disable m.2 and swithc to raid".</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>When you installed Windows 10.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Did you switch the Settings in Bios from Raid back to AHCI? And did you aktivated Bios Option Boot from SSD M.2?</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Or must it always stay in RAID and Boot m.2 SSD off?</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>I want also put a HDD in Book</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>What do you do exactly?</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Can you help me.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Best Regards Mike from Germany</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Sun, 25 Oct 2015 14:53:33 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5322665#M127834Mike-DH2015-10-25T14:53:33ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5327102#M127835
<P>Result:</P><P><SPAN>2260 may be installed, but existed screw-hole should be removed.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>I haven't managed to unsolder it =(</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>Suggest to install&nbsp;2260 with rubber plate to not to contact metal.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Should be fixed by plastic elements near slot.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>For now I didnt install SSD, just tried with M2 to Sata adapter.</SPAN></P>Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:04:52 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5327102#M127835oppozith2015-10-27T22:04:52ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5354820#M127836
<P>UPDATE</P><P><A href="http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/m.2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-list.html" target="_blank">http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/m.2-ngff-ssd-compatibility-list.html</A></P><P>Elitebook G1 is ngff m2 SATA&nbsp; size 2242</P><P>Elitebook G2 is ngff m2 PCIe size 2260</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>thus no superfast (2GB/sec) NVMe for G1, but 6Gbit/8= 750MB/s max teorical speed (then you have to count flow control overhead, etc)</P>Sun, 15 Nov 2015 09:36:15 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5354820#M127836AndreaP2015-11-15T09:36:15ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5530396#M127837
<P>Question regarding the memory upgrade for sirgap: did you fix the memory module using a screw? What kind did you use?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Cheers,</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:47:56 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/5530396#M127837peza2016-03-06T14:47:56ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 (and zbook 14) and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6022553#M127838
<P>I see the card has two pin gaps at one end.&nbsp; My HP Elitebook 840 G1 laptop slot has one pin, not two. I think the second gap will be blocked because the second pin will block it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am confused when I see all these M.2 2242 cards have two pin slots.&nbsp;&nbsp; Is everybody saying this 2-pin gap cards will go into this one-pin slot?</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Fri, 10 Mar 2017 16:29:49 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6022553#M127838Arizona19972017-03-10T16:29:49ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6218846#M127839
<P>Hi i have an Hp Elitebook 840 G1 with bios version 2.7 and windows 10, it was easy to install the drive. I bought a Teamgroup m.s. SSD 256GB SATA III. Opened the casing of the latop, slide the ssd card in, and fastened it with a screw i still had( it doesn't come with the drive). Then i started the laptop.</P><P>Then the tricky part( i have a dutch version of windows), windows start, program group system, configurationscreen, systemmanagement, partitions... (in dutch: start, systeem, configuratiescherm, systeembeheer, partities op harde schijf ...)</P><P>Right Click on the new drive(238,47Gb) and select New simple volume. next, next, next etc. And then you see the drive in the explorer. No BIOS changing nessecary.</P><P>Use Easetodobackup(still free) to clone your total startup drive (so not only C: but also system reserved, recovery partitions). This is to have no problems when you try to boot from the new drive. If you don't, the drive will not start.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Then starup the laptop and press F9. select the m.2 drive as the startup drive. It will start(very fast) No more sleep mode nessecary this m.2 starts up just as fast so no more hyberfill file.</P><P>Now you have two c and d drives. Format the former C and d and you are finished.DONT FORMAT THE NEW C AND D!</P><P>Result, a very fast starting laptop and some additional file space on this very good working laptop(autocad/Inventor)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 06:46:40 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6218846#M127839AnneKrist2017-07-13T06:46:40ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6250113#M127840
<P>Hmm after reading my post i have to add something. Before formating your <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":anguished_face:">😧</span> drive, first copy all data. Your C: drive is already cloned</P>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:44:32 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6250113#M127840AnneKrist2017-08-01T07:44:32ZRe: Confused - Elitebook 840 G1 and the SSD m.2 slot 42mm - SATA or PCIe, or both?https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6392452#M127841
<P>Hi all,<BR /><BR />in my 840 G1 i have this connector &gt; see picture &lt;<BR /><BR /><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="20170428_000621.jpg" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/167404iB89A2F915A4B8B52/image-size/large?v=1.0&amp;px=999" title="20170428_000621.jpg" alt="20170428_000621.jpg" /></span><BR /><BR />An idea ?<BR /><BR />Thanks</P>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 22:01:35 GMThttps://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebooks-Archive-Read-Only/Confused-Elitebook-840-G1-and-the-SSD-m-2-slot-42mm-SATA-or/m-p/6392452#M127841pointu2017-10-25T22:01:35Z